US5159234A - Electron beam generator and emission cathode - Google Patents

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US5159234A
US5159234A US07/635,682 US63568290A US5159234A US 5159234 A US5159234 A US 5159234A US 63568290 A US63568290 A US 63568290A US 5159234 A US5159234 A US 5159234A
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  • the present invention relates to an electron beam generator having a heated electron emission cathode, to an electron beam evaporator device having such a generator, and to a vacuum treatment installation having an electron beam evaporator and an electron beam generator.
  • An electron beam generator is used in vacuum vaporization installations for the generation of an electron beam which, after having been generated, is deflected by electron-optical means onto a crucible in order to vaporize material placed in the crucible.
  • the generator includes an electron emission cathode which is heated either directly by joulean heat or indirectly e.g. in that it is mounted in the immediate area of a heating member.
  • a negative high voltage potential is usually applied to the electron emission cathode and e.g. a ground potential is applied to an anode located directly over the cathode.
  • the ground potential is applied to parts of the installation onto which such a generator is mounted.
  • a second demand which must be met for such generators is that the electron emission cathode must be extremely precisely positioned relative to the part of the installation to which it is mounted, such that electrons which are emitted from the cathode, after passing the anode of the generator, enter subsequent electron-optical units in a reproducibly precise fashion. This must also take the high temperature gradient produced at the generator into consideration.
  • a further object is to provide an electron beam generator which has an electrically insulating supporting body which, on one side, is adapted for mounting the generator in an installation, and on the other side, is adapted for receipt of the electron emission cathode.
  • the supporting body includes mechanical position reference abutment surfaces for at least the electron emission cathode and further electron-optical parts of the generator, such that an exchanging of cathodes is made simple and reproducible, and also a mounting or demounting of the entire generator, e.g., for cleaning purposes, is simple and reproducibly precise.
  • Still a further object is to provide a generator where clearly defined and reproducible temperature conditions are provided and where the use of the supporting body as a mechanical reference allows for differing thermal expansions of the insulators and the metal parts, without any influence on the electron-optical conditions.
  • a further object is to provide a generator in which a supporting body of Al 2 O 3 is used.
  • Still a further object is to provide a generator having a structurally simple design so that a defined reproducible heat conduction is guaranteed between the part of the supporting body at the cathode and metal parts of the installation to which the generator is mounted.
  • Yet a further object is to provide a generator wherein the supporting body is clamped at one side to a metal contact body over a large surface area so that the necessary heat conducting conditions between the insulating supporting body and the metal contact body, are met.
  • a further object is to provide an electron beam generator which can be mounted and demounted, in a simple fashion, to a complete vaporizer installation including for instance, electron-optics and crucibles, so that if it is necessary to interrupt a vapor deposition process, for example, when the electron emission cathode has been consumed, this can be done quickly.
  • Yet a further object is to provide a generator which has at least one quick release device for a rapid mounting of the generator to the supporting body.
  • Still a further object is to provide a generator in which the quick release device includes at least one projecting bolt having a radial conical bore.
  • a further object is to provide a quick release device for connecting a part of an installation to an electron beam generator, which part includes a receiving bore for a bolt having a radial conical bore.
  • a radial clamping screw including a conical tip is adapted to be driven into the bore. The axis of the screw is offset relative to the axis of the bore in the bolt when the bolt is inserted and prior to driving the screw in, so as to clamp the generator to the part when the screw is driven in, via the conical bore.
  • Yet a further object is to provide a quick release device which allows an electron beam generator to be clamped, via a quick release device, to a part of the installation so that the generator is in an unequivocally defined position, and to guarantee a reproducible heat conducting effect by means of this clamping, between the generator and the mentioned part of the installation, to which the generator is clamped.
  • a further object is to provide a generator in which the electron emission cathode is a cathode which is heated directly by joulean heat or heated indirectly, preferably a cathode assembled as a structural unit, having heating members.
  • Yet a further object is to provide a generator having two metal cathode connection supporting blocks arranged to locate and fix the cathode despite alternating high thermal loading.
  • a still further object is to provide a generator in which the cathode is mounted relative to an emission surface in a point contact manner such that it can thermally expand freely without distortion.
  • the cathode is designed as a cathode heated by joulean heat or as an indirectly heated cathode
  • two substantially parallel supporting terminals preferably also for receiving the heating current, are provided and project on the same side relative to the cathode emission surface. The cathode is supported and held mechanically by these two terminals to allow free thermal expansion as set forth above, and preferably also to receive electric power for the cathode.
  • a further object is to provide a generator in which each of the cathode terminal blocks includes a locating device for one of the cathode terminals.
  • a still further object is to provide a generator which guarantees a faultless exchange of cathodes that must all be mounted in only one single, specific position and where the cathode terminals are designed differently at the cathode side and in the same way the locating devices are designed differently at the generator side such that a respective cathode terminal can be inserted merely into one of the locating devices such that a faultless inserting of a cathode is guaranteed.
  • a further object is to provide a generator in which not only a surface-wise correct mounting of the cathode as set forth above is made possible but also a mounting in a precisely set position and where an abutment device is located at least at one of the locating devices such that the emission cathode must be brought into the abutting position and then must be fastened there.
  • a further object is to provide a generator having cathode supporting blocks as set forth above which must be separated from each other for heating current supply to the cathodes, i.e. where a gap is provided between the parts and wherein the impairment of the surface insulation is prevented in that the cathode supporting blocks overhang the supporting body and are designed to extend in a complementary form without contacting each other so that the supporting body is completely concealed by the cathode supporting blocks from the direction of the other side of the supporting body, i.e. from that side on which the beam is generated.
  • a further object is to provide a generator in which only the cathode supporting blocks are acted upon by or exposed to vapor from the cathode or the production process which, as long as their electric separation is secured, remains without any influence regarding the function of the generator.
  • an object of the invention to provide a generator structured such that power supply conductors at the generator for a cathode heating current intersect an emission surface of the cathode, at a spatial plane defined by this surface, specifically a planar plane at an as large as possible distance, i.e.
  • a still further object is to provide a generator wherein the supporting body forms a structure in the shape of a substantially parallelepiped block and in that the emission surface of the cathode is located substantially in one of the corners of the surfaces of the block, and wherein heating power supply lines for the cathode are located at a side surface of the block which does not form the mentioned corner, i.e. when the emission surface of the cathode is located substantially at the one corner of one of the surfaces of the parallelepiped block where the current supply lines for this cathode are located commensurate with the above statement at one side surface of the parallelepiped block which does not form this corner, i.e. along the diagonal line of this parallelepiped block at a large distance from the mentioned emission surface.
  • Yet a further object is to provide a generator wherein at least one electron-optical control electrode is arranged over the emission cathode which is preferably screwed on such that this part which is predominantly exposed to ion bombardment can easily be exchanged without any demounting of further parts of the generator.
  • control electrode which electrode is also used for further purposes, namely to shunt magnetic fields over the emission surface of the cathode and, to secure an as good as possible heat dissipation.
  • control electrode is designed as a sandwich structure having a first layer which faces the electrode and a magnetically excellently conducting second layer facing away from the cathode surface, to act in two respects, namely as a heat shield or ion bombardment shield, and as a magnetic shield apart from its possible control function.
  • control electrode is structured preferably with an interstice between the layers.
  • a still further object is to provide a generator having an anode above the cathode emission surface which anode is mounted at the contact body via metal connectors whereby the anode to be provided at the emission side of the cathode is not mounted to the supporting body but rather via a metal connector at the contact body which as is mentioned above is located at the side of the cathode facing away from the side of the supporting body.
  • This guarantees an optimal direct metal heat conducting path from the anode over the mentioned contact body to the part of the installation to which the generator is mounted.
  • the anode is again demountable without having to change anything at the mounting of the cathode.
  • a further object is to provide a generator wherein, in order to further reduce the influencing of magnetic fields caused by the heating current, an area including a cathode emission surface is separated by a screening from areas having heating current conductors which screening is located between areas where the heating current conductors extend and the area of the emission surface of the cathode.
  • a still further object is to provide a generator which is of a simple structure and is easy to maintain and wherein the supporting body with a contact body and/or the supporting body with cathode holding blocks and/or the supporting body or one of the cathode holding blocks with the control electrode and/or the cathode holding blocks with the electron emission cathode, are mountable in a form-locked fashion only in predetermined positions, preferably mountable by screw connectors such that all important parts of the generator are mounted with as few screws as possible and which are designed relative to each other so that they are mountable in a form-locked manner and against abutments only in predetermined positions relative to each other.
  • the cathode holding blocks are mountable at the supporting body only in predetermined positions and by screws at the cathode holding blocks.
  • the emission cathode is mounted by screwed clamping members only in a predetermined position.
  • the control electrode, relative to the cathode emission surface, is also mounted by means of screws and in a predetermined position, as is the anode with a diaphragm for the passing of the electron beam. Fastening by screws is made without a threaded engagement in the supporting body. The parts are screwed together over the supporting body, and they are clamped relative to each other.
  • a further object is to provide an electron beam evaporator device comprising a beam generator structured as set forth above, which device is easy to maintain regarding the electron optical beam generating members and necessitates as few interruptions of the operation as possible, for maintenance work due to the fact that when maintenance work must be performed on the beam generator, it need not be worked on at the installation but rather can be replaced by a repaired generator.
  • a design not only the vaporizing installation together with such generator can be operated with much smaller time spans of interruptions of operation, i.e. less down time, but rather the entire vacuum treatment installation has less down time if one considers that the electron beam generator is the "heart" of such an installation.
  • FIG. 1a is a side view of a generator in accordance with the invention mounted on a schematically shown part of an installation;
  • FIG. 1b is a sectional view of a quick release device therein;
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the inventive generator of FIG. 1a where the anode plate is partly cut away;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the inventive generator of FIG. 2 taken along line III--III of FIG. 2;
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are plan views of directly heated electron emission cathodes for the inventive generator
  • FIG. 6a is a sectional view of a cathode according to FIG. 5, taken along line VI--VI and having a planar design;
  • FIG. 6b is a view similar to FIG. 6a but with a domed design
  • FIG. 7a is a sectional view of an inventive indirectly heated emission cathode arrangement
  • FIG. 7b is a top plan view of FIG. 7a.
  • the inventive beam generator shown in FIG. 1a is assembled around an insulating supporting or base body 1 having substantially the shape of a parallelepiped and made for instance of aluminum oxide.
  • a metal contact body or interface block 7 is clamped by means of e.g. four fastener screws 5 on one planar side 3 of the base body whereby the planar side 3 of the base body 1 is clamped in the same fashion to a planar surface of the block 7.
  • the thread for the screws 5 is not located in the base body 1, but e.g. in the interface block 7. This guarantees a defined reproducible heat transfer between the base body 1 and the interface block 7.
  • a quick-release clamping bolt 9 projects out from the side of the interface block 7 facing away from the base body 1.
  • An abutment step 11 is formed in the interface block 7.
  • the interface block 7 is mounted to a corresponding abutment on a part of the installation illustrated schematically at 13, for instance, an electron beam control unit for controlling the path of the beam and/or for focussing the beam.
  • the quick release clamping bolt 9 is inserted into a corresponding (not specifically illustrated) cylinder bore in the installation part 13.
  • a clamping bore 15 which narrows down conically is arranged radially in the quick release clamping bolt 9 and extends preferably completely therethrough.
  • a clamping screw 14 is in turn arranged at the installation part 13 such as illustrated in FIG. 1b and projects radially into the clamping bore 15.
  • the axis A 14 of this screw 14 is offset relative to the axis A 15 of the clamping bore 15 in the direction of insertion of the quick release clamping bolt 9 such that due to the screwing-in P of the conically extending tip of the screw into the clamping bore 15, the block 7 is clamped in the direction F, due to the wedge forces against the planar machined contact surface of the installation part 13.
  • two cathode terminal supports 19a and 19b having a thread for the screws 17 are screwed on, at the side of the base body 1 facing away from the interface block 7.
  • respective receiving grooves 20a and 20b are formed in the respective cathode terminal supports 19a and 19b, whereby one of the two grooves, e.g., the groove 20b, is somewhat broader than the other groove 20a and both run parallel to each other.
  • a stop bolt 22 projects into groove 20b as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the two cathode terminal supports 19a and 19b are designed, as illustrated in FIG.
  • the two cathode terminal supports 19a and 19b extend next to each other as illustrated in FIG. 1a, and they are separated by a labyrinth gap 24. Accordingly, if seen from the side which includes the grooves 20a and 20b where an emission cathode is mounted, no visual contact with the insulating base body 1 exists. In this way, substantially no vaporizing cathode material or material being vaporized by the electron beam for the process can deposit on the insulating base body 1. Thus the life span of its surface is substantially increased.
  • a groove 21 shown in FIG. 3, extends around the base body 1. In this way the path of creeping current along the base body 1 is made to be much longer.
  • the respective terminals 32a and 32b of an electron emission cathode 26 are inserted into the two cathode terminal grooves 20a and 20b.
  • One terminal of the cathode 26 is of a larger width than the other one such that the cathode can be inserted into the grooves in only one defined position and additionally exactly into the desired position due to abutment with stop bolt 22.
  • the cathode 26 is clamped by means of clamping plates 28a and 28b via screws 30a and 30b at the corresponding terminal supports 19a and 19b.
  • the base body 1 forms already for the parts 7, 19 an exact positioning or locating reference by means of abutment surfaces.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 disclose further that the emission cathode 26 is mounted exclusively at its terminals and the electron emission surface 34 is otherwise freely exposed. This allows the electron emission cathode to expand thermally in all directions without producing mechanical stresses and accordingly distortions thereof.
  • a directly heated electron emission cathode 26 includes a emission body 41 having a planar shape and defining a substantially circular emission surface 34.
  • a helical slot arrangement in the body 1 includes a first slot 44a extending from the cathode terminal 32a spirally toward the center Z.
  • a second slot 44b is located beside the first slot 44a and extends spirally toward the center Z.
  • the integrity of the emission body 41 is provided in the center Z by a bridge portion 46 remaining there such that a bifilar power conductor arrangement I is realized by the two spiral slots 44a and 44b through which, such as indicated by arrows, a heating current is driven.
  • the width of the slots 44a and 44b is less than the width D of the current conductor I and the local production of heat and accordingly the distribution of the emission of electrons along the emission surface defined by the emission body 41 can be influenced by a local, continuous or discontinuous changing of the cross-section of the current conductor.
  • the width D of the current conductor is preferably larger than the thickness of the plate like body 41.
  • FIG. 5 A further preferred embodiment of the directly heated electron emission cathode 26 used on the electron beam generator 1, is illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • its structure is similar to the structure of the cathode illustrated in FIG. 4 but includes in its center Z a preferably circular through opening 48 for preventing an erosion due to bombardment by ions.
  • FIG. 6a a cross-sectional illustration along line VI--VI of FIG. 5 through a preferably used flat electron emission cathode 26 is depicted and
  • FIG. 6b is a cross-sectional illustration of a emission electrode which is not planar but rather formed into a spatial plane, such as by pressing the initially planar electrode.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an indirectly heated cathode which includes a pot 70 which is closed at one side by a removable lid 72 acting as electron emission surface.
  • the lid 72 acting as emission surface is made of the desired cathode material, possibly different from that of the other parts of the pot 70.
  • a heating spiral 74 having power supply lines 76 and 78, is located in the pot 70 directly adjacent the lid.
  • the power supply line 76 is connected galvanically to the lid 72 so as to place the emission surface at the cathode potential.
  • the second power supply line 78 is insulated and led for instance by means of a ceramic bushing 80 out of the pot 70.
  • the pot 70 is structured to be hermetically sealed and has a heat conducting gas encapsulated therein. This is particularly needed in vacuum installations.
  • the indirectly heated electrode illustrated schematically in FIG. 7 is mounted to the inventive beam generator exactly as the previously described, directly heated cathode.
  • power supply bars 51a and 51b are screwed onto the cathode terminal supports, and specifically regarding the cathode terminal supports 19a and 19b, perpendicularly to the grooves 20a and 20b and at the side of the generator remote from the emission surface of the cathode 26.
  • Sections of the power supply bars 51a and 51b which project over the plane E of the emission surface 34 (see FIG. 1) of the emission cathode 26 are as far as possible from the surface 34.
  • the spatial areas with the supply bars 51a and 51b and the emission cathode 26, are separated from each other by a screening plate 53.
  • Such a screening plate 53 as illustrated in FIGS. 1a and 2 by dash-dotted lines, is mounted to the anode potential for instance by means of a clamping screw.
  • a control electrode supporting plate 55 is mounted and electrically connected to one of the two cathode terminal supports 19a or 19b, as illustrated by the support 19b, with supporting plate 55 operated at the same potential as the electron emission cathode. It is thereby effected that the supporting plate 55 contacts only one of the two cathode terminal supports 19a or 19b in order not to short circuit the heating current by the cathode 26.
  • a recess 57 is made into the supporting plate 55 in which an easily replaceable diaphragm insert 61 is fixed by means of screws 59 in a form-locked manner and thus is galvanically connected thereto and which forms the control electrode. It is thereby quite simply possible to mount the control electrode, with a corresponding mounting of the supporting plate 55 or of the insert 61 insulated from the potential of the electron emission cathode 26 and to set it to a desired potential.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates further, together when FIG. 1a, that a spacer block 63 is screwed to the interface block 7 and supports an anode plate 65 having a diaphragm opening 64 which is centered to the cathode emission surface.
  • All described parts of the inventive beam generator are mountable to the base body 1 in defined positions in a formlocked manner and are easily replaceable by a loosening of screw connections.
  • the control electrode insert 61 is easy removable and designed as a part which is subject to wear such as mentioned earlier. Specifically the diaphragm insert 61 acts as a magnetic screen of the electron emission cathode 26 and as a heat shield.
  • the diaphragm insert 61 is made as a sandwich structure, e.g. of Mo and Fe Co. While the Mo layer acts as protection against radiation or as a heat shield, the Fe Co layer forms a magnetic "shunt" over the electron emission cathode 26 in order to prevent a magnetic stray field influence on the shaping of the beam. Between the two layers a interstice 27 is preferably provided, having the effect of improving the effectiveness as a heat shield such as illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • the spacer 63 takes care of good heat dissipation from the anode directly to the interface block 7.
  • the heat dissipation between the inventive beam generator and the installation part 13 proceeds via the contact surface which is pre-tensioned by the quick release clamping bolt 9.
  • the described inventive electron beam generator is of a small and compact structure and is with the illustrated quick release fastening device or another easy disengageable mounting possibility extremely suitable to be rapidly replaced e.g. for maintenance work without a long shut-down of the installation.

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